"Diving into the Unknown" is available through Vimeo and Netflix: https://divingintotheunknown.vhx.tv https://www.netflix.com/title/80167626 In 2014, a tragic accident left two Finnish divers dead 400 feet down in the Plura cave system in Norway. When the authorities decided that a body recovery was too risky and closed the cave, the original team organized their own secret operation to bring their comrades home. It was a success, and filmed for the documentary "Diving into the Unknown". This week, three of the team - Patrik Grönqvist, Sami Paakkarinen, and Jenni Westerlund - are leading the work to recover the bodies of the five Italian divers who perished in a cave in the Maldives. ----- Deep Dive with Ian is the SCUBA channel for curious people who want to know more about diving and the underwater world!
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As a commercial diver I have done air dives to that depth over the years. This was surface supplied diving, not scuba and decompression chambers were used. Every time, I was part of a 11 man crew in support of oilfield diving projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The decompression table used for a dive of this depth is called Surface Decompression Using Oxygen with Nitrox In-Water stops- 190 feet. Bottom time would be less than 30 minutes. Coming up the first stop is at -60' for 3 min, 50' for 5 min, 40' for 8 min, and 30' for 12 min. At 50' the diver is switched to a 50/50 (nitrogen/oxygen) mix to breathe for his deco. Then it's reach surface and jump in the chamber for an additional 86 minutes breathing O2, mostly at -40'. All this is a long winded way of saying there is A LOT involved in safely diving to that depth even without a cave.
As a Finnish person, I could understand the names with your pronunciation, so good enough!
As a retired Deep Cave, Mix, Exploration Diver; this was not a Recreational Dive; it was a Suicide Trip and a guaranteed Body Recovery, from the start! RIP...
First Rule of Rescue or Recovery: Don’t make Bodies going to get Bodies.
I could see how having fins would aid in diving
When they mentioned Finnish divers in another video, I immediately thought, "Wait, are those the Plura cave guys?" Glad to know I was right. Those guys are legit.
We finns have motto "Never leave brother".
If they had one tank for 180 ft, they didn’t do the calculations!
I dive in the north sea,I once put my head and shoulders into a hole,and got wedged,for a few seconds,So scary,theres NO WAY I'm going caving.😮
A million years ago my ancestors came out of the ocean to live on the land and I'm not about to disappointing any of them by going back in.
I did a 182 ft dive in Blue Hole, Belize. It was quite a large group of recreational divers. Next to me were a few chicks, nurses from Ireland. So I chatted with them on the boat. They just finished (a few days ago) their open water with a bunch of rastas on the shores of Belize. Meaning that it was their first or second dive after a very questionable open water. I know it is not related to this story, just wanted to mention that sometimes it is hard not to fall for the sweet trap of false safety. By the way, it was absolutely fantastic, crystal clear water, good light, huge shark patrolling above our heads...
Caves are suicide missions even on ground. Adding water, water pressure and diving equipment make it even more dangerous.
As a person who suffers from extreme claustrophobia, I always say, STAY OUT OF CAVES!
I wish that countries and military personnel didn't tend to assume that military divers are the best for any situation. I totally respect the military dive training but it's for different specialist conditions. It's tragic that they get sent into scenarios like this where they're diving beyond their capacity. The only fatality in the Thai cave rescue was a highly skilled, very very experienced military diver. My heart goes out to their families Highly experienced cave divers are different and have very specific skills that include being able to make a more accurate risk assessment.
When the call for help came, the diving team was in Sweden. “-When this happened, we were on a recreational dive in a Swedish mine. We got the alarm and we had to decide in five minutes whether we wanted to go to the Maldives,” Sami says.
"We are not heroes, we are divers"
That documentary is fantastic. When I heard about the Maldives incident and saw Sami in the list of Dan's experts.. knew it was serious business then.
I don't even like dry caves. I'm with the guy who said earlier he's not going to watch 82 minutes of gut-wrenching terror.
Glad they’re safe from the recovery, rip to the divers including the Maldivian navy diver.
is no way in hell I am watching that documentary. Emotional trauma fuel